The State Government has announced a $3 million fund to support homegrown contemporary music artists - an industry that boosts the economy and creates thousands of jobs for Western Australians. Next week the State Budget will include the Contemporary Music Fund, which will inject $3 million over the next four years
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The Fremantle Dockers Women's side is on track to make history when it plays against an AFL Women's rival at Perth Stadium on February 10, 2018 - with the match expected to be the biggest standalone women's sport event ever held in Australia. Crowds are expected to be in excess of
Read MoreThe State Government has lifted the cap previously placed on the first Ed Sheeran concert at Perth Stadium next year, enabling an extra 15,000 tickets to go on sale. The original ticket allocation to the Friday night concert on March 2, 2018 was capped at 40,000 due to uncertainty about the
Read MoreSqueezing into school uniforms this morning, triple j Brekkie boys Ben & Liam went undercover at Shenton College in Perth to surprise the 2017 Unearthed High winner. To the delight of hundreds of screaming school kids and no doubt the nation, 17 year old Arno Faraji was announced as this year’s
Read MoreMost people who create something like to be credited for their work. Whether you make a video, song, photo, or blog post, it feels ‘right’ to receive recognition. The right to be credited is part of the so-called “moral rights,” which are baked into many copyright laws around the world, adopted
Read MoreTo celebrate 10 years of Sounds of Australia, the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) is calling upon music lovers and history buffs to suggest this year’s additions for the prestigious honour list. Since launching in 2007, more than 100 sounds have been added to the Sounds of Australiaregistry. Each recording has been
Read MoreABC Indigenous Affairs editor Stan Grant will host a special Q&A broadcast from the Garma festival in remote Arnhemland on Saturday 5 August. The broadcast will be streamed to Facebook, Youtube and Periscope and rebroadcast on Monday 7 August on ABC. Joining the panel will be: Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion; Cape
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On Thursday, Chester Bennington, lead singer of US rock band Linkin Park, died in his home in Los Angeles at the age of 41. The Los Angeles county coroner confirmed Bennington's death; reportedly it was being investigated as a possible suicide. A two-time Grammy award winner with the band, Chester Bennington joined Linkin Park when he was 23. Also featuring rapper Mike
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